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The call of the cameraman
Has never been filmed
The cartoons I come from
Could never be killed

A quick initiation
Before I unfold
Holler at yr shadow
Let's see where it goes

The mirrors I fell between
Are doing their best
But the breakfast was sleazy
And they never confessed

Locate the weakness
But please don't exploit it
Locate the sweetness
But please don't anoint it
No please don't anoint it

I don't wanna live with Conners crows
He is not psychic it's just for show
I don't wanna see him float

If the pop band is willing
And the purpose proved
What a compelling confession
But it had no use
How are the pop bands
In the fridge
Can u convince them
Of their sins?

I'm lucky in most light
The dentist declares
But his evil is so ancient
And no one really cares

The rivers I live with now
We sit face to face
But the blue light cuts cleaner
Everyone please taste

The dream of the sweatpants
It never came true
But Polly is past that
Her playlist is proof

And isn't it such a crime
That the only way to know
If you ever really cared
Is if you let it all go
Yeah you let it all go

I don't wanna live with conner's crows
I am not psychic I'm just a little bit slow
And I carry my questions close

If the pop band is willing
And the purpose proved
What a compelling confession
But it had no use
How are the pop bands
In the fridge
Can you convince them
Of their sins?

The duppy corrector
Is so hard to know
It's so difficult to say
Just How to
Can I b wrong now
It's my turn

The dentist's dear daughter's desperate choice
Killer vibrato
Make me spoil

Squab and caviar pro
What did u mean by "produce?"
U call pidgeons doves and doves pigeons.
That's not god it's a biological function
The worst hell is the one where u always get what u want.
The dreamboats are so plunky
And yr baby names blow

The wort hell I know
Is the one wher u always
Get what u want

The yawns of my enemies
All lovingly touched up
In flattering fonts

The black budget sciences
Are keeping their secrets
In plain view

See how it feels
To sizzle in the shadows
U once rebuked

The muse of magnets
Inspires the silhouette
T Pretty up its disease

The carnivore vote is in
Better fetch yr conclusions
Out of the trees

the judgey young surgeon
Practices her jump shots
Until she is kind

As The friendship bell
Protection committee
Keeps watch through the night.

The proof of the problem child
Is Soon to b broken
By the promise of release

Some tragic new all star
With a hot new opera
Couldn't convince me

So the conference was not so coy
But who really is
So the question was not that hip
But I'm not a fuckin kid

So the math wasn't so correct
But it still had guts
So yr paradigm isn't up t date
But u can still fall in love

So the garden was not so sound
But at least it grew
So the characters were not so flawd
But It's still was true

So the parakeet was not that real
But it still could sing
So the poetry was not that raw
But it never once blinked

Friendship bell protection committee.
The lighthouse keeper
The muse of magnets.
The scent less rose is here
And it's come for it's dues

Stink up the truck
Can u smell my pp?
I mean not like put yr head by it and sniff I mean like from where u are
God this is so embarrassing.

The company clocks got another thing comin talk about desperation
A typical flower
It doesn't like the drums at all

The lucid new faces got another thing comin I started an investigation
And when I confuse
I'm gonna confuse it well



Will the minivan's true driver
Please stand up and state yr Christian name and date of birth?

The corduroy kids got another thing comin u gotta go back to basics


Clowns come around my town with stuttering lovers.

Blo greatest hits

The produce unimagines rorshak self belief in one fell swoop
And the tigers I luv can be so rude
But will the minivans true driver please stand up and tell me why
All my crushes are so out of tune?

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from Hello Jane Goodall, Are You Listening?, released July 7, 2023

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